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Sidney Easton papers

Title
Sidney Easton papers, 1913-1980.
Author
Easton, Sidney.
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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 3Mixed materialUse in library Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
Johnson, Helen A.
Description
1.6 lin. ft. (2 archival boxes, 1 flat box)
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Blacks on Stage: African American Theater Arts Collection Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
  • Additional material can be found in the Arts and Artifacts Division.
Source (note)
  • Helen Armstead-Johnson
Biography (note)
  • Sidney Easton was an actor, playwright and songwriter who performed in vaudeville, musicals, and films from the early 1910s to the 1950s. He formed a number of comedic acts and musical partnerships, including Easton and Easton (featuring Bob Ricketts and others), Easton and Baby Goins Joyce, Easton and (Jimmy) Stewart, and Easton and (Bert) Howell. Easton is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Tom Delaney for a song "Jump Steady Ball," the first recording by Ethel Waters. Easton and Waters went on to collaborate to produce "Go Back to Where You Stayed Last Night."
Provenance (note)
  • The collection was donated to Helen Armstead-Johnson by Easton's widow, Harriet, in the 1970s. It was subsequently donated by Helen Armstead-Johnson along with other theater related collections to the Schomburg Center.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.
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  • Processed
  • Cataloged
OCLC
NYPW01-A13
Author
Easton, Sidney.
Title
Sidney Easton papers, 1913-1980.
Summary
The Personal and Professional Papers series includes printed materials that contains information about Easton's career. The Career Information File includes sheet music written by Easton, Bert Williams, Alex Rogers, Sheldon Brooks and Clarence Muse. In addition, there is a list of performers that Easton had some association with over the span of fifty years and a scrapbook. Included in the Writings series are Easton's typescript autobiography and various undated play scripts, skits, monologues, short stories, television scripts, a screenplay, and a small file of manuscript music. The legal series includes information regarding the lawsuit he filed against 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation claiming the use of his play, "Lifeboat #3" as the basis for the film "Lifeboat." There are also notes by Helen Armstead-Johnson on Easton and his career.
Biography
Sidney Easton was an actor, playwright and songwriter who performed in vaudeville, musicals, and films from the early 1910s to the 1950s. He formed a number of comedic acts and musical partnerships, including Easton and Easton (featuring Bob Ricketts and others), Easton and Baby Goins Joyce, Easton and (Jimmy) Stewart, and Easton and (Bert) Howell. Easton is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Tom Delaney for a song "Jump Steady Ball," the first recording by Ethel Waters. Easton and Waters went on to collaborate to produce "Go Back to Where You Stayed Last Night."
Provenance
The collection was donated to Helen Armstead-Johnson by Easton's widow, Harriet, in the 1970s. It was subsequently donated by Helen Armstead-Johnson along with other theater related collections to the Schomburg Center.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.
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Added Author
Johnson, Helen A.
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